Knute Buehler

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Almost immediately after his re-election, Buehler was considered a front-runner for the Republican nomination to run for governor in 2018. [24] Republicans claimed Democrats were already working to undercut Buehler through legislative committee assignments. [25] On August 3, 2017, Buehler announced he would run for Governor of Oregon in the 2018 election. [26] On May 15, 2018, Buehler won the Republican nomination for Governor of Oregon to face off against Democratic incumbent Kate Brown in November 2018, in a rematch of the 2012 Secretary of State election. Buehler lost the general election to Kate Brown by 6.4% [27]   Both Brown and Buehler raised and spent record amounts in their campaigns. [28]

Political positions

Buehler is considered a fiscally conservative moderate Republican. [29] He is pro-choice on the issue of abortion. [30] On immigration, he opposes sanctuary cities and opposes Oregon's statewide sanctuary policy. [31] He supports gay rights, including same-sex marriage, and voted to ban conversion therapy from being used on minors. [32] Buehler said during the gubernatorial campaign that he supported Oregon's capital punishment law which was passed by Oregon voters in 1984. [33] In the wake of the contentious events of 6 January 2021 in Washington D.C., and especially a controversial statement by the Oregon Republican Party issued by its chairman Bill Currier two weeks afterwards, Buehler announced his departure from the Republican party to become a non-affiliated voter. [34] The New York Times wrote "The night after his party's leadership passed a formal resolution promoting the false flag theory, Mr. Buehler claimed to have cracked open a local microbrew and filed to change his registration from Republican to independent. 'It was very painful', he said. Knute is no longer registered with any political party. [7]

Electoral history

Knute Buehler
Knute Buehler Candidate.jpg
Member of the OregonHouseofRepresentatives
from the 54th district
In office
January 12, 2015 January 15, 2019
Oregon's 2nd Congressional District Republican primary, 2020 [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Cliff Bentz 37,045 31.4
Republican Knute Buehler25,97622.0
Republican Jason Atkinson 22,96619.5
Republican Jimmy Crumpacker21,11717.9
Republican Travis A. Fager4,2013.6
Republican Jeff Smith2,4942.1
Republican Mark R. Roberts1,3071.1
Republican Justin Livingston1,3061.1
Republican David R. Campbell4100.3
Republican Glenn Carey2800.2
Republican Kenneth W. Medenbach2620.2
Republican Write-in 4470.4
Total votes117,811 100.0
Oregon Gubernatorial Election, 2018 [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Kate Brown (Incumbent) 934,498 50.05%
Republican Knute Buehler814,98843.65%
Independent Party Patrick Starnes53,3922.86%
Libertarian Nick Chen28,9271.55%
Constitution Aaron Auer21,1451.13%
Progressive Chris Henry11,0130.59%
n/a Write-ins3,0340.16%
Total votes1,866,997 100.0%
Oregon Gubernatorial Republican Primary Election, 2018 [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Knute Buehler 144,103 45.9
Republican Sam Carpenter90,57228.8
Republican Greg C. Wooldridge63,04920.1
Republican Bruce Cuff4,8571.5
Republican Jeff Smith4,6911.5
Republican David Stauffer2,0960.7
Republican Write-ins1,7010.5
Republican Jonathan Edwards III8610.3
Republican Keenan Bohach7870.3
Republican Brett Hyland7550.2
Republican Jack W. Tacy5120.2
Total votes313,984 100
Oregon House of Representatives 54th District, 2016 [38]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Knute Buehler 19,352 51.92
Democratic Gena Goodman-Campbell17,80447.77
Write-In 1170.31
Total votes37,273 100
Oregon House of Representatives 54th District, 2014 [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Knute Buehler 15,348 58.23
Democratic Craig Wilhelm10,87641.26
Write-In 1340.51
Total votes26,358 100
Oregon Secretary of State 2012 [40]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Kate Brown 863,656 51.28
Republican Knute Buehler727,60743.20
Pacific Green Seth Woolley44,2352.63
Libertarian Bruce Alexander Knight24,2731.44
Progressive Robert Wolfe21,7831.29
write-ins 2,5610.15
Total votes1,684,115 100

See also

References

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